The essential function of school physical education is to educate people, which has three aspects: educational function, fitness function and entertainment function.
(1) Educational function
The educational function of school physical education is mainly manifested in: promoting intellectual development, forming excellent moral character and cultivating aesthetic taste.
(2) Fitness function
The fitness function of school physical education is mainly manifested in the following aspects:
① Develop correct body posture and promote growth and development.
② Improve the functional level.
③ Develop physical fitness and basic activity ability.
④ Enhance the adaptability to the external environment.
(3) Entertainment function
Extracurricular physical exercises and competitions are an important part of students' extracurricular activities. On the one hand, students can adjust their emotions, enrich their lives and relieve the tension and fatigue caused by learning by participating in sports activities; On the other hand, students can get psychological satisfaction and spiritual enjoyment by watching sports competitions and performances. School physical education is also an important means of students' leisure, an important medium to expand students' social communication, and an important stage to express themselves and show themselves.
Sports is a symbol of social development and human civilization progress, and the development level of sports is an important embodiment of a country's comprehensive national strength and social civilization. In the process of modernization, sports develops with the development of economy and society. "Sports have been developing and evolving in human society, and have been loved and recognized by people in different countries. The vitality of development is getting bigger and bigger, and its influence and role are getting bigger and bigger, which fully shows that sports have important functions and roles in human society.